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    NEPHELIUM LONGANA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nepheliumplay

    Synonyms:

    Dimocarpus longan; Euphorbia litchi; longan; longanberry; lungen; Nephelium longana

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Nephelium longana" is a kind of...):

    fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

    Meronyms (parts of "Nephelium longana"):

    dragon's eye; longanberry (Asian fruit similar to litchi)

    Holonyms ("Nephelium longana" is a member of...):

    Dimocarpus; genus Dimocarpus (longan)

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